Ruins of the Post Office (Bangor Fire, 1911) · Digital Collections

Item sets: Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides; Views of Bangor's Big Fire, April 30, 1911

Title: Ruins of the Post Office (Bangor Fire, 1911)
Creator: Whipple, Leyland
Date: May 1911
Description: The Bangor Fire destroyed the Federal Building, which housed both the post office and customs building. The metal ruins on the lower right of the image are the remains of a laundry building. The slide is labeled "Ruins of the Post Office."The urgent need for a replacement in a city the size of Bangor lead Congressman Guernsey to ask for a Congressional appropriation of $500,000 during a special session to fund their reconstruction.
Subject: Bangor (Me.)--Fire, 1911; Customhouses--Maine--Bangor; Fires--Maine--Bangor; Government buildings--Maine--Bangor; Post offices--Maine--Bangor; Ruins--Maine--Bangor; Bangor (Me.)--Photographs
Type: Lantern slides; Photographs
Spatial Coverage: Bangor (Me.)
Temporal Coverage: Nineteen tens; Twentieth century
Language: English
Is Part Of: Bangor Public Library Special Collections; Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides
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